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PER - 7 --- ) .f..-. :147L' *ch . ~..,4,...= 'EAR DOCTOR, what do you advise ? I -,1 advise Alfred Mellon's Concerts, afterwards to " r 'VANS', Covent-garden, hear some charming singing, order 01 e of their capital chops and magnificent potatoes, and that 38 th best advice I can give you. ... . , ..,„ :h: , . . ........„. -___,-.., . A ~. . ~ „. ,'4";;: .t -kei • , . • WTI ' 1 .--" .I ' Jr , •‘ . _:::),;1%.. :IL ~ • . r" -. .., :4,\ jk '' ..-,..., ~ ' ''• 1, :,.., 4 . , ; , . N ,4- - " 4 Nli, 7.01-4,4; ~oD am? ' ....,,,,,,,, , , D, C ) 34,r,.• - • ',,,,...- supply of fresh air along with it, ODd expels.' tho foul air before it. 4 The public will have ample op poovia t i e , 0 - 0! judging for themselves of the meri of tills tion. The railway will be open c ‘llring of this week, when visitors to the Palace . able to test it by personally travelli eg upon it. /' C' liINAHAYS ff WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest PRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail louses in London ; by ac Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale Alarming Railway Acci dent. N°. 22,521. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1864. PRICE.— —....4d. STAMPED:....Sd. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Xinahan's LL Whisky." NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " COUSIN GEOFFREY." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., GUILTY; OR. NOT GUILTY. By the Author of "Cousin Geoffrey," Afc. " Guilty, or Not Guilty,' will find many readers. There can be no question as to iti taldnt and power."—Messenger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 11 4 - ) URN IT U RE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class goods at second-class peeks. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrooms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbctt and . are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated 1)3 , 410 adtru-able engravings of every description of Furniture and Leasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised cale except in so far as the degree of humidity is the result of local defects and drainage, these conditions cannot, of course, be changed, save by resorting to mountains or table-lands as sites for military stations. Such being the case, it be came a very important point for the Commissioners to con sider what was the amount and kind of influence which the climate was likely to exercise on the soldier's health, and in dealing with that important question they seem to have been very much struck by the absence of direct alle gations against it in tha stational reports; but they are nevertheless of opinion that the climate does produce some effect on the general health of Europeans exposed to its influence, There are, however, they find, many other agenCies at work in the production of disease, and first among them y rank malaria, that subtle cause known only by its effects, At all the stations of India, it appears, the presence of malaria can be traced. It is the chief cause of periodic fevers and certain forms of spleen disease among the native population. It is most intense in its operation in low, warm, moist localities, where there is a superabund ance of vegetation and water, and is ascertained to bo the product of heat, moisture, and vegetable decomposi tion ; by the withdrawal of any one of which elements in its composition its generation can be stopped. Whether it is pdssible over to banish this scourge from the soil of India the Commissionersdo not take upon themselves to say. They rest satisfied with expressing their satisfaction at the know ledge that it has everywhere disappeared before the clear ing away of such obstacles to the free circulation of air as forests and jungle, before subsoil drainage and improved agriculture. They add that part of the deadly Terai of Northern India has become comparatively healthy, owing to the cutting down of the forest, t o d ra inage, and the cul tivation of the soil, and they have no doubt that a similar result would follow a simjlar,mode of iii, , ,Kpedix gin other localities. _ _ times framed in a taffetas ruche of the colour of the under skirt. Even, however, in muslin dresses the prevailing tendency to flat trimming is observed in the shape of flat taffetas ribbons, covered with aerophane, which is slightly pletod from distance to distance. This trimming substi tutes flounces and puff, both of which certainly appear heavy and vulgar under the present regime of flat trim mings. Every white muslin dress is, as a rule, made with a corresponding jacket, trimmed in exact accordance, the sleeves being trimmed at the armpits, while a small collar gives a finish to the toilette. Of mantles and shawls we have little to say. The Montespan shawl-mantle, it we may use the term, appears to be creating quite a sensation at Baden amongst brunch society. It is a question of a shawl made either of white clear muslin edged with white lace, or of black tulle edged with black lace, and headed with a ruche of some high coloured taffetas. The " effect" is got out of the upper half square which is made to form a hood, and which, when worn over the head, produces a charming effect. Thrown back, it forms part of the shawl, and adds a new effect to it. It should be added that, when not used as a hood, the half square resumes the natural flat pointed shape of the upper portion of the ordinary shawl. By the way, straw colour is the fashionable colour of the month—especially in light materials for ball dresses. Gauze dresses are frequently patched in a remarkable manner with light ribbons; indeed, in some cases, this style has been carried to such an extent that it may, without exaggeration, be called the mode harlequin. Cloaks and dresses of the same material, especially fou lard, are truly distinguished wear; the higher the tone the more fashionable the wear. White, however, is the reign ing favourite. These toilettes are trimmed with ruches and fringe, which harmonise and never contrast with the mate rial used. Narrow lace also maintains its sway, giving, as it does, a certain suppleness and absolute finish to the toilette. On mantles and dresses many large buttons are worn, while the latter are generally furnished with the great buckle which has come into wear, White silk trimmed with straw ornaments is very fashions able wear, and has been some weeks. It must be admitted straw trimmings have a very capital effect upon the material The Pneumatic Railway at Sydenham. On Saturday the Crystal Palace grounds were the scene of a novel and very interesting experiment. A series of trial tripe on the model Pneumatic ltailway ACCRINGTOIT, Saturday. An alarming accident took place :at the railway here last night, which might, if it hai I not occurred at so late an hour, have been atteMci 1 with a ter rible sacrifice of life. Between nine and ten o'clock test night an excursion train, con.siacting of about 30 empty carriages, which had be standing for some time near the Accrington P*.a ilway station, were taken up the incline on the Mara heater branch of tine by two engine,;, one being. in 1 rout and the other at the rear. WrAen the train had been run up the embankment a short distance, the rear engine 1 , -ft the carriages attached to the one in ft era for the purpose of getting upon another line. Li a few moments after the last engine had left the train, the coupling chain between the second and third car riage from the head engine broke, and 25 of the carriages ran back at a tremendous speed. The down engine shunted off the line soon after they broke loose, and the carriages, when they passed it, were running at a rapid rate. Two guards happened to be on the runaway carriages at the time, and they put on breaks for the purpose of checking their im petus; but in this respect their efforts were quite useless, and finding that their position was becoming more alarming every second, and that a terrible smash must soon ensue somewhere, they jumped off the carriages, and luckily were not at all injured in doing so. The carriages r an ahead down the l i ne, near thAti-- 1 3,44b-uaLligiaifiiniks t _w arp tome& off.- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the BANK of HINDUSTAN, CHINA, and JAPAN [Limited), has REMOVED from 16 Cornhill, to No. 1, BANK BUILDINGS, Lothbury. By order, R. SWIRE TOMLIN, Secretary. 1, Bank-bulldinzs, August 24,186-1. recently constructed there, under the superinten dence of Mr. Itimmell, (.7.E., took place with perfect success in the presence of several eminent engineers imad ecientific men, A brickwork tunnel, about 10ft. high by Oft, wide, and capable of admitting the OOLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. N..) The SEPrionn4ilt NUMBER contains the Opening Chapters of a NEW SERIAL STORY, by Mrs. Busiim, entitled "WOODBURY." T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 29, Lombard-street, London ; and Royal Insurance-buildings, Liverpool Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto 164 11 0 '.Sagest carriages used on the Great 'Western nail_ way, has been laid with a single line of rails, fitted with opening and elasiag valves at either extremity At the Annual Meetin , , onf lie sth inst., the following were Nome of the !ending results disclosed in the Report to the Eharcholders. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The SEPIEMBER NITAIBER contains a FIRE BRANCH . . The Premiums of the year 1863 reached the sum New Tale, entitled FORTY YEARS AGO—THE SUMNIER TOUR OF together with a Price List of purified isedding - , and a mass 01 valuable inforrnationto all requiring household furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Aiban's, Woroester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Brit a: rt. _ _ _ and supplied with all the other requisite apparatus for propelling passenger trains on the pneumatic principle. The tunnel, or tube, extends from the Sydenham entrance of the grounds to the Armoury, near the Penge-g ate, a distance of nearly 600 yards. of £:341,13418 Being an advance of lover 4862; an amount of increase exceeding that of any pre- Tions year. The Revenue from Fire Premiums has been en hanced in four years by the large BUM of £113,353 SIGNOR 1.01111t1Nz , .. By DUDLEY COSTELLO. And the conclusion of JOHN LAW. Loudon: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. The object of laiing down this experimental line is to afford, both to the scientific world and the tra velling public, a practical demonstration of the ap plicability to passenger traffic of the motive power already employed by the Pneumatic Despatch Com pany in the conveyance of letters and parcels. The pneumatic principle of propulsion is very simple. It has been likened to the action of a pea-shooter—a The Duty paid to Government in 1862 was. £75,993 Ditto ditto, 1863 88,966 BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE for SEPT., 1864. No. DLXXXVII. Price 2s. 6d. COBBETT and CO.. General House Furnishers. Deptford bridge, London, B.E. CONTENTS. Chronicles of Carlingford : the Perpetual Curate. Conclusion. Cornelius O'Dowd upon Men and Women, and other Things in General. Part VIII. The Man versus his Work.- The Modern Crichtons.— " The Cheap Article warranted," &c.—A ".how ' and a " Then." The Rev. Char'es Kingsley and Dr. Newman. Tony Butler. Part XII. The Alphabetieals. Letters from the Principalitics.—No. 111. Prince Couza's Sanitary State of the Indian Army, Having ascertained the extent of the mortality among the troops in India, the Commissioners proceeded to trace the causes to which it is attributable, and of these they lad the most active to be dysentery and diarrhwa, fever, Coup-d'Etat. The City of Gold. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. diseases of the liver, and cholera. These are the four great endemic diseases of the country, and compared with them all others are of trifling importance. Of the four dysentery has hitherto proved to be the most fatal in its consequences. Sir It. Martin,who served 22 years in India, and who describei this disease as being most prevalent in the plains and during the hot and rainy seasons, states in his evidence that out of an aggregate British force of 25,443 men serving in periods of eight and ten years respectively in the stations of Calcutta, Chinsurah, and Berhampore—all in Bengal Proper—there occurred 8,499 cases of dysentery. He adds that the cli mate of Lower Bengal has always been very unfavourable to the health of Europeans, but that in the Presidency of Ma- ........ _ _ rough kind of comparison, perhaps, yet one suffi ciently accurate as a popular illustration. The tunnel may be taken to represent the pea-shooter, and the train the pea, which is driven along in one direction by a strong blast of air, and drawn back again in the opposite direction by the =halation of This day, uniform with " Btronghand," price 25., QMUGGLER CHIEF. A Tale of Life and Adventure. By G. AIMARD. London: Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. the air in front of it. The train may be said, in fact, to be blown through the tube on the down journey, NOTICE.— BERTIE BRAY.—The Second Edition of this new Novel, by the Author of "Sir Victor's Choice." is now ready. Also by same Author, ... THE CROSS OF HONOUR. Price 2s. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. and sucked through it on the return journey. It must not, however, be supposed that the passengers are deposited at their destination with a sadden jerk, as the simile we have used might seem to dras the disease prevails to nearly an equal extent. The proportion in which it attacks the British as com pared with the native soldiery is as 11 to 1; but is both cases. when not arrested at once, it proves in question. Seaside or marine jackets are invariably cut straight. They are trimmed with pearl buttons, or fringe, or jet. They are made with two round pockets. It is very fashionable to wear a petticoat of the same material as the dress, This is especially the case where the material is white alpaca; although, for that matter, white alpaca petticoats are good wear with any toilette, under the ono condition that they are very elegantly trimmed. imply. Such an inconvenience is entirely obviated THE LATEST NEW NOVELS. BE It TI E BRA Y. By the Author of ‘` SIR VICTOR'S CHOICE," &O. by the mechanical arrangements employed. The motion is throughout smooth, easy, and agreeable, and the stoppages are effected gently and gra dually. Indeed, when it is considered that the curve in the tunnel is unusually sharp, being D ANGEROUS CONNEXIONS. In Three Vole. THE MAN IN CHAINS. By the Author of " SACKVILLE CHASE," &C. John Maxwell and Co., Publishera, 122, Fleet-etreet Showing an Increase in one year of .... ...... £12,973 Among the incidents which have tended to the advance ment of the Royal within the last few months may be reckoned its action with respect to the losses sustained by the explo sion of the Lotty Sleigh, which although only consistent with the general tenor of the conduct of the Company, and ulti knately proved to be no more than what had been done in I or tier times by the oldest and most proverbially honourable among its contemporaries, yet attracted attention and public favour by its unhesitating promptness. As the largest total of Revenue and the largest ratio of progression have been attained in the present year, so it happens that the largest Profit which it has ever fallen to the Directors to record has likewise on this occasion to be an nounced. The balance of net profit on theyear has amounted to X. 83,515 • of which . SALM 5..31,100 only has been appropriated to DiVidendificitonus, and the large balan e of £49,444 been Carried to Reserve. LIFE BRANCH. The progress of the Life Branch, as shown by the New Business transacted in the last year, is most promising, and the advances made, year by year, in the amount of New In surances effected, sh , w clearly the estimation in which the Company is held. The following is a statement for the last five years:— Net Sum Assured on New Policies atter deducting Guarantees. Net Premiums. 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 This rapid growth, amounting to 73 per cent. on the Sum Assured, and upwards of 80 per cant. on the Premium re ceived in the course of five years, may justly be considered as larger than any which could have been reasonably expected. The first half of the current year 1864, however, far outstrips the ratio of increase indicated by the figures just quoted, as the sum assured for that period of six months only actually exceeds Half-a-2111,1m sterling. The rate of Mortality, likewise, still presents highly favour able features, and augurs well for the result to be shown by tie quinquennial investigation, which is to take place when the present year is concluded. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. August, 1864. PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!—INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, lOs 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to 14 cwt. barley or any meal. Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PE A.RCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. ROUND SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS and DEFORMITIES are prevented and cured by CHANDLER'S IMPROVED CIII4.:ST-EXPANDING IIIiACES, for both sexes, of all ages. They strengthen the voce and lungs, relieve indigestion, and are especially recom- Ineaded to children for assisting the growth and producing a perfect symmetrical figure, superseding the old braces and stays.—€ 6, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. Illustrated Pamphlets forwarded. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls . Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. (id.; sent free for 5} stamps. ltoss's Toilet Magazine, is. 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 7s. fid. ; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d or sent free for 54 stamps. It is Most easy of use. IFTAIR DESTROYER.-24 8, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day.as ordered by post for 5i stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTIIARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent iree for 54 stamps.—ALEX., ROSS, 245, High Holborn, London. Essay on flair, Id. PIMPLE REMOVE R.—All diseases of the skin arc improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, Fallowness, Sze. 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 stAmps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, Lcndon. ALEX. ROSS'S FACE POWDER, is.; Rent for 14 stamps ; Eye Colour, :Is. 6e1., or 54 stamps. Skin - tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or 5 stamps. Itloom of RoFes, :Is. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS. 218, high Holborn, London. EET H. -IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTlSTRY.—Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined In the production of ARTIFICIAL TEETH upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional assistance by consulting, Mr. ALBERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, whose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so perfectly efficient. PRIZE ME D A L.—INTERNATIONAL EXITIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER t CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., Jro., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation, which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn„l com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with 'tatted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. is. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. .• •• Is. 54. per lb. second quality .• Is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. .. • • .. is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, A MIA AMAREL I, A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Pert umors to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at - what age. The A gua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect coiour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in ball bottles. 108. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. IMPORTANT INFORMATION. DR. ROBERTS' POOR MAN'S FRIEND is confidently recommended to the Public as an unfail ing remedy for wounds of every description, burns, scalds, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, sore and inflamed eyes, ezc. Sold in rots. ls. lid., 2s. Pd., 11s., and 225. each. Also his PILUIdE ANTISCROPHULJE, confirmed by sixty years' experience to be one of the best alterative medicines ever offered to the public. They form a mild and superior Family Aperient, that may be taken at all times without confine ment or change of diet. Sold in boxes, is. lid., 2s. Id., 4s. 6d, lls., and 225. each. Sold wholesale by the proprietors, Beach and Barnicott, Bridport, by the Loudon houses, and retail by all respectable medicine 'vendors in the United Kingdom and Colonies. Se.cond Edition, Correct clothed and Revised, post free 7d., in 13d., triSE TEETH ; a Practical Treatise, with the best means of restoring them when defective or loot. By A. ESKELL, Esq., Surgeon-Dentist, 8. Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. " It really contains all that is necessary relative to the good keeping of t he mow h and teeth, and deserves the serious consideration of all who adequately regard their health, comfort, and appearance." —The Sun, May 1, 1861. "We can commend this little brochure on a subject upon which everybody takes an interest."—Medloal Circular, June 5, 1861. " We can recommend its perusal to those who wish to pre serve their teeth, and to those who know the value of them." —Daily News, June 20, IS6I. London : Clements, Little Pulteney-street. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.— MOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Stilphur an Sc2ap n and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, .nobility. c!ge trY. Nothing equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No. 1 for ordinary toilet Purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatam for the hair. Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. All these preparations may be had at the central depot, 221 A, Regent-street, London, W. ; and at Messrs. Newbery and Sons, Barclay and Sons. Edwards, Keating, Son, Jozeaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and testt monfals free on a plication. S a nger and Agent for Edinbargh—Mr. John M T chemist , 119, George-street. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER FILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESlEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver nomplaints, indigestion, wind. spasms. giddiness, dizziness of the e ves , & a — For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient me tine, and a s a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera turn and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole ner vous system. sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxesas. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Boott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a squar e green package. with ' WilliSZU LaMbefit," cr*ve4 911 $ll9 90th Thousand, price is., DR. HARVEY ON CORPULENCE.—Its diminution and cure without injury to health, with Remarks upon the Maladies produced by obesity. CANC &IL and CONSUMPION. New and painless treat ment. Price Is. By JOAN ibuivEY, M.D., 9, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square. Smith and Co., 52, Long-acre. THE NEW DICTIONARY. Bvo. cloth. price 55., WALKER and WEBSTER combined in a DICTIONARY of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE, in which the definitions of Webster, and the pronunciation of Walker. are muted and brought into conformity to the usage of the present time; many new words are introduced, and numerous synonymous terms are carefully discriminated. With an Appendix containing Walker's Key to the pro nunciation of S-ripture, Greek, and Latin proper names. A new edition entirely re-edited by John Longmuir, LL.D., formerly Lecturer in King's College, and University, Aberdeen. London: William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapside. ST. JAMES'S HALL, September 5, 1864. First appearance these seven years of the world renowned PROFESSOR ANDERSON, Great Wizard of the North. First appearance of Misa ANDERSON, the Second-sight Sybil, and Retro-reminiscent Orthographist. Spiritualists, Beware. Volunteers, look for the Great Rifle Experiment. The Psychomantheum Opens at St. James's Hall, Sept. 5. WILL SHORTLY CLOSE. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new ANGLO EGYPTIAN ENTERTAINMENT, THE PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, a new musical tercentennial séance, by William Broug•n, Esq., sustained by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed; and THE SEA SIDE, or MRS. ROSELEAF OUT OF TOWN, by Mr. John Parry. Every evening (except Sat rday), at 8 ; Thursday and Saturday mornings, at 3.—ROYAL GALLERY of IL LUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, is., 25,; stalls, 35.; stall (spring) chairs, 55., can be secured in ad vance at the Gallery without fee. T" ox F ORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THE OXFORD and CANTERBURY HALL COMPANY (Limited'. During this week will be performed, Selections from the following* Operas. vlz., THE TROVATORE, NABUCO, UN BALLO IN MAScIiEgA, LA let, fiZA DEL DESTINO, by Verdi ; and THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, by Sir 11. lisliop. Principal Artistes:—Misses Russell, Tyrrell, Walmsley, Fitz-Henry, and Barrie ; Messrs. Marini, Hush, Green, M.rcello, and Albert. Comedy by UNSWORTH, EUGENE, W. Randall, C. Burton, and Mdlle. Cavalho, the celebrated Comedienne and Mimic. Admission—Arca, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, le. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. C ANTERBURY Westminster-road, London. OXFORD and CANTERBURY HALL COMPANY (Limited). GRAND OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS ! Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. Also, the New and successful Illusion, entitled THE TERCENTENARY; or, a NIGHT WITH SHAKSPERE. Operatic Selections, Glees. &0., by the whole of the talented Artistes. Comedy by Mr. Arthur Lloyd, with his new song, a decided hit; Mr. W. Randall ; Mrs. W. Randall; and those marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. TALLIOTT and BURNELLI (from the Principal Cirque, Madrid). " THE ANTHROPOPHAGINIAN "Go, knock, and call ; he'll speak like an Anthropopha ginian unto thee : knock, I say." —Shakspere. Merry Wives of Windsor, 4 act, sc. 5. THE WONDER OF THE DAY Will be Illustrated by Mr. W. Hilton. Director. Mr. F. Jonghmans. A dmission—Area, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street NEW ADDITION. A fall length portrait model of DR. COUTY DE LA POMMERAIS, the Poisoner, taken from the original photograph, by Mons. Trinquart, of Paris, from life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admittance, ls. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Stainsby-road, Limehouse.—Detached Freehold Residence. MR. ANDREW HIND is instructed by the proprietor to SELL by AUCTION, at GARRA WAY'S, Change-alley, Cornhill, on MONDAY. August 29, 1864, at One o'c ock, the very superior FREEHOLD HOUSE, known as Paradise Cottage, pleasantly situate in the Stains by-road, near the East India-road, Limehouse, and contain ing large drawing, dining, and breakfast rooms, six bed rooms, capital kitchen, and offices, three w.c.'s, Ace. The principal rooms have stained glass windows and French casements, opening to ornamental verandahs, which extend the entire length of the building. In the rear is a beautifully laid-out flower garden, with greenhouse, summer house, large and handsome fountain, ltc. The whole enclosed by walls. and thoroughly screened from observation by well-grown evergreens and other trees. May be viewed bycards from the auctioneer only, and particulars, with conditions of sale, had at Garraway's ; of T. Price, Esq., solicitor, 24, Abchurch lane, E.C. ; and at the auctioneer's oflices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. New Barnet—Freehold Semi-detached Villas. AIR. ANDREW RIND wilt SELL by AUC• TION. at GARRAWAY'S, Change-alloy, Cornhill, on TUESDAY, August 30, 1864, at One o'clock, the conve nient FREEHOLD Seven-roomed HOUSES, Nos. 1 and 2, Lancaster-road, New Barnet, near the railway station, with front and back gardens, now let at £44 per annum, but pos session of one may be had if desired. May be viewed and particulars, with conditions of sale, had at Garraway's ; and at the auctioneer's offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. Pinner.—Freehold Building Land. NR. ANDW. HIND will SELL by AUCTION shortly, 23 Acres of LAND, beautifully situate near the village, and about a mile from the station. Tho plots will contain from half an acre to two acres and upwards. The estate is well wooded, and has a stream of water flowing through it. Residents on this property will be entitled to the privileges of Harrow School, and the occupant of each house of the value of £5O per annum will receive a free first class railway ticket to London for thirteen years. ()faces, corner of Little Carter-lane, St Pat IRNAMENTS for the Drawinvoom, Library, kJ and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weiglits,,lko., ip Italian, Alabaa ter, Paean, Marble, Bronze, nerbysnire Ate. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANW, Mine' ralogist to her Rajesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementscollections of WELLS, 51INEIIALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, whioh will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CIIOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. aALOGY id given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149, Strand W.C. DINNEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA has been, durirg thirty years, emphatically sanctioned by the Medical Profession, and universally accepted by the Public, as the Rest Remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion, and as a Mild Aperient for delicate oonstitutions, more esp Goi a lly for Ladies and Children. Combined with the Accidulated Lemon Syrup t nagreeable Effervescing D raug ht , In whic h i ts it an Aperient qualities are much increased. During Hot Seasons, and, above all, in Hot Climates, the regular use of this sim e!egant remedy has been f ound highly beneficial. m pl a e and nautitatured (with the utmost attention to strength and purity) by DINNEFORD and CO.. 172, New Bond-street, London; and old by all respectable Ch em i s t s throughout the Empire. quickly fatal, or lays the foundation of chronic suffering extending over years. Next to dysentery in fa tality, but of more frequent occurrence, aro the remittent fevers, which are found almost everywhere throughout the East Indies, varying in their intensity and in their compli cations according as they occur in low marshy lands, or in drier and more elevated tracts of country. The seaboard, where there is jungle or salt marsh, and the adjacent islands are peculiarly liable to the ravages of this pestilence. Out of an average British force of 23 731 men serving in Bengal, there were in seven years 14,159 cases of fever, and throughout India fifty per cent. of all the admissions into hospital are reparted to have arisen from that cause. Diseases of the liver, too, aro very frequent, and in the acute stages the danger to life is so imminent that recovery more or less complete within two or three days or deaths furnishes the history of almost every case. Acute inflammation of the liver would appear to be essentially a disease of the hot plains, and the deadliness of its nature may be judged by the fact that the risk of death is greater from one attack of it than from 13 of fever of the various forms as they ordi narily occur in India. Cholera, however, is the most acute of all the diseases which scourge the country, and, like inflammation of the liver, almost always ends in the immediate recovery or death of the suf• ferer. This disease has been known to prevail as an occasional epidemic in different years, seasons, and places throughout India, from 1774 to 1817 ; but ever since it would seem to have engrafted itself on the endemics of the soil, and has become of annual recurrence at many of the larger stations, commencing generally at the beginning of the hot, but sometimes in the rainy and cold, season. In India, as all over the world, it acts with the same fatal rapidity. There, as elsewhere, its tendency is to attack populations living in low, damp, crowded, and ill-venti lated situations, especially when supplied with im- pure water. When the water is pure cholera and epidemic diseases in general are of rare occurrence in the elevated parts of the country. Troops, both European and native, have been:observed to become more liable to the disease while on the mareh,'and when attacked by it alter a length ened march its virulence has been found to be increased in intensity, proportion of deaths out of every 100 Euro peens serving in the Presidency ul Thenhey between 18 0 and 18.16 attributable to each of the tour great endemic dis eases enumerated was as follows—Dysentery and diarrhoea, 32 441 ; fevers, 23.054 ; cholera, 10.320; diseases of the liver, 9.597. The dreadful fatality of these diseases is rendered evident to the eye by means of diagrams prefixed to the report, which show at a glance how wide is the scope of their action compared with that of all the other causes of of mortality put together. Among the infantry of the line serving at home from 1859 to 1861 the deaths from zymotic diseases did not amount to 1 per annum in 1,600 living; in the European army serving in Bengal between the years 1830 and 1845 they amounted to 58 in every 1,000. To this class of diseases, therefore, is to be attributed the groat difference which exists between the mortality of the soldier in the two countries, and its action being reduced to the same level in both there would not be an average of quite two in 1,060 in their respective death-rates in favour of England. Indeed, the mortality from lung and tubercular diseases is shown to be as 3to 4.2 in 1,000 living in favour of the Indian service, while that from all other diseases, besides those which have been mentioned as so peculiarly fatal, is not very largely against it, With those facts before them the commission ers of course find little difficulty in arriving at the conclu sion that if it wore possible wholly to put an end to the deaths arising from the various classes of fevers, cholera, and dysentery, to which they add hepathis and its conse quences, the troops in India would be as healthy as any body of mon in the world. The practical part of their inquiry, therefore, resolves itself into ascertaining, as far as possible, the causes of those diseases, and de termining by what means their occurrence might be pre vented or their virulence mitigated, The problem which they set themselves to solve is, it may be observed, one not peculiar to India. Zymotic diseases have always been the chief causes of mortality in uncivilised or imperfectly civilised countries, and they have been the special scourge of armies. Whole regions of the earth which were formerly devastated by fever and dysen tery have long since been freed from their baneful in fluence except in the milder forms, in which they now form part of the ordinary mortality. Why, then, might not the same happy result be brought about in India? In quiry, the Commissioners say, proves that intermittent fever has disappeared from localities which it formerly ravaged, after the soil hadbeen drained and the cultivation improved, while cholera and dysentery are known to depend manly, for their frequency and se verity, on the neglect of well ascertained sani tary precautions. May it not be, then, that the mortality in India is attributable to causes which are re movable and not inherent in the very nature of the soil and climate ? In prosecuting this part of their inquiry, the Commissioners enter into an examination of the topography of the country ; the sanitary condition of the several canton ments, barracks, hospitals, bazaars, and neighbouring native towns-ethe source, quality, amount, and means of distribu tion of water supply—the diet, drink, clothing, accoutre ments, duties, and recreations of the soldier, as well as the effect of all those things upon his health under different conditions. The examination had to be conducted over an immense range of territory. India extends over 26 deg. north latitude. It has a superficial area of 1,500,000 square miles inclosed on the north, east, and west by gigantic mountain ranges for 4,500 miles, and along its southern, eastern, and western sides by 4,500 miles of tropical sea board. Much of the country consists of plains traversed by large rivers, having deltas projecting into the ocean, and hardly raised above its level. In other parts there aro ex tensive tablelands of greater or_ less elevation, rising from the plains. Along the west coast there is a continu ous range of mountains intercepting the warm moist winds coming from the Indian Ocean, and influencing the climate for a considerable distance inland. Here and there are to be found solitary mountain groups of altitudes varying from 3,000 ft to 5,000 ft, and presenting, owing to their elevation, climate very different from thoeo of the plains on which they look down. The northern barrier of the Himalaya consists of a succession of ranges increasing in height as they recede towards the north until they attain altitudes of from 3to 5 miles, On the plains India enjoys perpetual summer, but the sensible effsots of its climate vary as widely as the physical character of the country itself. The climate is hot and moist, with considerable rain-fall on the plains and deltas. In the southern parts of India heat and dryness prevail. Along the mountain ranges the temperature falls with the elevation , and at cer • lain altitudes diminution of heat is accompanied by a per cep - L ib!, i nobture in the air. The clima tes of the seaboards vary with the dire etion of the wind. Som etimes the y are , . "a et others they aro warm, moist, comparatively cool, wh,. 4em most as healthy as t hose ,4 of certai n isolated moun and depressing. The elite:tains, groups, and table laude are of those very same of Southern Europe, while at the base e absolutely mountains there are local elimatee which are.. pestilential. At the majority of the stations occupied by the British troops the evidence goes to show that a high mean tempera ture prevails. At many of them there is, it appears a consi derable difference between the day and night temperature, accompanied by night and morning fogs. Indeed, heat, moisture, and the great variations iu some localities between the night and day temperature are the three special climatic co4ditions to which the soldier is exposed, and, Having come to the conclusion that malaria was the prime cause of disease in India, and having insisted upon the ex pediency of its being removed, as far as possible, the Com missioners proceed to deal with the other influences by which the health of the soldier serving in India is affected. This part of the inquiry they preface by a brief gene ral statement of the nature of his services, from which it appears that the usual recruiting age lies between 20 and 35 years, but that a great many lads under the age of 20 enlist. The average time spent by these recruits at the depot at Warley before embarking for India was, pre vious to the mutiny, four months, *ail° during the mutiny it was only six weeks. The evidence goes to show that this system of recruiting is open tQ grave objection, on the ground that many of the men were obliged to undergo labo rious duties in a tropical climate at too early an age, while the period allowed for drill was too short, inasmuch as it rendered further drill necessary after the recruit arrived in India, under circumstances not so favourable as those enjoyed at home. Indeed, the great bulk of the evidence on this point is to the effect that no recruit ought to be sent out to India under 20, and that these who are sent out should be fully drilled. The practice of issuing spirits to the recruits, too, on their passage out, which formerly prevailed, but which has been so far modified by the latest Queen's regulations as to render it necessary that the spirits should bo mixed with three parts of water, and not issued till after dinner, is strongly condemned by the great majority of the wit nesses, as predisposing to disease. Formerly, it may be added, little or no attention was paid to the time of the year at which men were landed in India, and after landing they were forwarded to their destination without much re gard to season or means of conveyance. The evils of this system were, as stated by Col. Durand, to a considerable extent abated under the ad ministration of Lord Ellenborough and a very appreciable diminution in the susceptibility of the newly-arrived troops to disease was found to be the re sult. Having joined his regiment, the soldier's duties in India consist in time of peace for the most part of the usual guards, and of drills and parades before sunrise and at sun set, and, so far as these duties are concerned, the Commis soners are of opinion that he cannot be said to be exposed to excessive fatigue in their discharge. Following up his history after his arrival in India, they are compelled to look for other causes besides the nature of his duties or the prevalence of malaria in order to account for the vastly greater mortality which exists in the soldier's case than in the civil officer, In the prosecution of this in quiry they find that many of the stations occupied by Bri tish troops—and this circumstance operates equally to the prejudice of the officer—are either within or close to cities and towns, the inhabitants of which are decimated periodically Fy fevers and are ciposekl to the influence of the same sanitary defects from which the civil population so largely suffers. Sir Mertin. in his evidence, says that these stations, and indeed the stations generally thr-ughout India, have been selected without any special regard to sanitary consi derations, and that no station which iiet'had ever visited was exempt from the action of malaria. All the stations, it appears, are surface dra;ned, but this, with very few ex ceptions, is the only form of drainage to which they have been subjected, and it is proved to be utterly insufficient to carry away the fluid reface which accumulates in large quantities. In fact, all the stational reports go to show that the drainage of Indian stations, on a well-digested plan to suit local circumstances, is a work of urgent necessity for improving the health of the army. Of equal importance is it, as is clearly demonstrated by the e vidence, that the water supply of the different stations should be placed upon an improved footing. At present the stations as well as the town in India derive their supply from three sources— tanks, wells, and ricers; and the results of analysis, so far as it has been carried are by no means satisfactory as regards the purity of the supply. Dr. It. D. Thomp son, the officer of health for the district of Marylebone, who has visited India, describes the state of the Indian tanks as " quite shocking," while the mode of distributing the water by means of water carriers, called bheesties, who draw it from its source to the barracks, and then empty it into euch vessels as may happen to be at hand, as pro nounced by Dr Letheby—who stated in his evidence that he was disposed to rank impure water above the impure air as one of the most powerful causes of disease—to be open to great object. The testimony of Dr Sutherland upon this point is to the effect that the present condition of the water supply is one of the cardinal defects in the sanitary arrange ments of India, and that it is undquestionably a predispos• ing cause of disease, especially d ur ing the seasons when the c holera, fever, dysentery, and o th er e ymotic diseasea usually make their appearance. With this evidence before them, the commissioners deem it their duty to dwell upon the expedi ency of instituting a chemical investigation of all the water sources at the several stations, with the view of improving them—either by the adoption of precautionary measures, di minishing the risk of pollution, or by the creation of a purer supply. The remaining influences pre-disposing to disease are of a nature which tell almost exclusively on the health of the common soldier. Fashions for the Month. (From Les (odes Parisietmes.) Certainly the last month 118.5 been most devoid of all im portant change in fashion, I n d ee d, there is scarcely any precisely as they were —scanty in front to increase the effect write about. Skirts arc worn The round bodices, to which we referred in our last as once again making their appearance, appear to have received a temporary check—temporary beyond all doubt from the simple reason that the large buckles, to accommodate which the round bodices were again introduced, are keeping in change a th n e ge tr i a n in a public favour. Sleeves, if a nything, are looser than they were. The coat sleeve, however, is still the prevailing mode, the cuff being modified, so that the entire sleeve does not so forcibly re mind the observer as it did of the model whence this fashion was taken. Girdles, or half bodices, as some of them may nov. , be called, still continue to be worn, their shape being made to agree, by the exercise of much ingenuity, with the tailed bodices which still remain prevalent. Zouave jackets are still worn, and so also at the seaside and in the country are Garibaldi shirts. These, however, are very much embroidered. actual fashion to Perhaps the only actual novelty in the way of dross is the introduction of a double-skirted toilette in silk, the under skirt of which is made in one silk, while the upper, open down the front, and looped up, together with the bodice and the sleeves, are made of a totally different silk, trimmed however with the silk of the ender skirt, Of trimmings the only marked change since last month is that of the introduction of the saw-edge or zigza g pattern trimming. This is used in every . way —at tho edges of jackets, at the hems of skirts , even at the ed ges of the sleeve—while its application in a hundred vari ous w ays to flat patterns is very remarkable. Flat trimmings aro qui e a necessity at th e p resen t t ime. who ois aniymonein cares about an y ether style. EsPe . g are those ti a t b ands used. W e have e iay as seen some very pretty effects by the use of hem b an ds N o ll on e, a hem trimming ; of black velvet upon striped white muslins, Of bonnets, it may be said that the small shape is gain ing ground, perhaps all the more rapidly because it affords the opportunity of displaying the hair-drossing. They are made a little larger than they were a month ago, but they are still erownless, and almost frontless. Many of the best milliners, while abandoning the curtain, very absolutely replace it by a ruche, which gives a good finish to the whole. Drawn and puffed tulle bonnets are now in their glory, for the abolition of the late bonnet shape in favour of something like a c ap admit s at once of the use -f miffed tulle. While tal king of bonnets, wo would ^ , ivise ladies when purchasing the new shape to be ' 4 r choice, for now, more than ever, does ascend upon the proportionate - of the wearer. strongly,,._ very careful in tuv.... the success of the bonnet size it bears to the head and feature.. hlne and rose •- de6p White 1)1118111ns are fashionably made eve. under skirts, while,,quito as fashionably, two equally white lace flounces are added, which are headed and sorae- The Moors, Forests, and Rivers. CRIEPF.—Tho sport on the various moors in this district continues excellent. The grouse, however, are now very wild and are packing, and it requires good marksmen to be successful. On Monday the 22d, the Earl of Wilton bagged on the Locheamside moors 33 brace of grouse ; on Tuesday his lordship went deer-stalking in the forest of Glenartney, and killed a heavy slag; on Wednesday his lordship shot 28 brace of grouse, 4 snipes and a few hares. On the hill of Monzie, Colonel Homo Purvis bagged, on the 24th, 17 brace of grouse; and Sir Hume Campbell, Bart., shot 16 brace of grouse and 2 blackcocks on the 25th. At Garrows, on Tues day and Wednesday, Messrs Russell and Crawford killed 50 brace of grouse, besides other game. AYRSHlRE.—Blackgame shooting commenced on Satur day, and where parties delayed opening fire on the grouse till they could shoot blackgame as well, good mixed bags were obtained. So far as we could see or learn, blackgame have not improved in the same proportion as the grouse. There was some cold wet weather in the spring, which is supposed to have affected the hatching of blackgame after the grouse had run. At all events, the birds aro not plen tiful, and many of the old hens have only three or four fol lowers, and some have no broods—casualties from which the grouse this season were almost entirely free. 'Where there are good broods the birds are pretty well grown, though we have seen them much heavier at the commencement of the season. If the hens are spared, however, there is a good enough appearance to give promise that like the grouse, having rallied after two bad years, they will show plentiful produce, if the season be favourable, in 1865. The un broken sunshine which has prevailed since the 12th, though delightful to the sportsmen, has carried death to the moor game, by inviting prolonged shooting. A couple of days of wet weather would have put them all in packs, and left a much larger breeding stock for next season.—Ayr Athe,r t;er. INVERNESS-SHIRE, &c.—ln consequence of the cold broken weather of the week, sportsmen did not turn out in such numbers as during the first few days of the shoot ing ; and, consequently, our notes are somewhat limited. Reports from almost all quarters bear testimony to the strength and high condition of the grouse, and the forests are spoken of in terms of equal praise. On the 13th, on Laggan Cottage moors, Capt. the Hon. F. C. Howard, of the Coldstream Guards, bagged 20 brace of grouse and 2 snipes, and on the 20th, 161 brace of grouse. One of Sir Joseph Hawley's party at Laggan Cottage bagged 14/ brace on the 23d. Mr Wilson, at Ness Park, killed 121 brace on the first day on which he was out. At Knockie, on the 13th, Major Wardlaw and Col, Adair bagged 17 brace of grouse, and on the 15th in five hours' shooting 21 brace and 2 hares. At Lakefield, on the 12th, Mr John G. Blake had 101 brace —on the 15th, 10 brace—and next day 16 brace. Shooting over his estate of Foyers, Mr F. Walker bagged on the 12th 28 brace of grouse, and on the 16th 9 brace, On the Kingussie moors, on the 15th, Mr. Wilson shot 7 brace of grouse, and on the 16th killed 27 brace. The Earl of Seafield bagged 21 brace grouse, 2 snipes, and 1 hare at Balmacaan on Monday. These birds were strong and healthy—no appearance of disease. The late opportune showers of rain have done good on the hills as well as on the low grounds. The following sport has been obtained by Sir Chas. Ross, Bart., of Balnagown : —On the 12th, on the moors of Kincardine Hill, 21 brace of grouse and 1 hare. The grouse are, in point of numbers, a fair average, but the broods aro very unequal in size and numbers, some consisting of only one young bird—the largest broods num ber as many as nine. The average of the whole broods seen would be about four birds. Many were young—evi dently a second hatching—while others were so well grown as to be difficult to distinguish from the old birds. There aro a good many barren pairs, but no diseased birds have been seen. On the 16th, Sir Charles commenced shooting about 10.30 a.m. at the Halfway House, parish of Edder ton, and having ceased about four, bagged 171 brace of grouse and one snipe. The portion of this moor tra velled over would not exceed three square miles. Sir Charles was out on the 18:h instant, when, in a few hours, he shot 15 brace of grouse—and again on the 20th, when he bagged 19 brace. The after part of this day was very stormy, with heavy showers of hail, and the birds were very wild. The grouse were numerous and the broods large. The young birds are well grown ; in some instances they are as large as the old ones, and they are rather wild. The average number in the broods will be about seven. Only two very young birds and two pairs of barren ones were seen, and there was no appearance of dis ease. At Braomore, on the 12th, Lords Alexander and Berkeley Paget killed in five hours 261 brace grouse, 4 hares, 4 snipes, and 2 golden plovers. On the 15th Lord Alexander Paget shot, after half-past 4 o'clock, 8/ braoe of grouse, 1 hare, and 1 snipe. On the 16th Lord Berkeley Paget and Captain Billington bagged 24 brace of grouse, 2 hares, 3 snipes, 1 plover, and 1, duck. On the 18th Lord Berkeley Paget, in four hours, killed 23} brace of grouse, 3 hares, and 1 snipe; and on the 20th the Earl of Uxbridge and Captain Billington bagged 18 brace of grouse, 3 hares, and 1 snipe. On the Glenfield moors, on the 15th, Mr S. Hargreaves shot 16 brace ; Mr G. P. Hill, 14 brace, Capt. Scott, 11 brace ; Rev. C. %V. Leslie, 17 brace. On the 17th, Captain Scott bagged 17± brace ; Rev. C. W. Leslie, 18 brace ; Mr Samuel Hargreaves, 26 brace ; and Mr G. P. Hill, 18 brace. On the 19th Mr Samuel Hargreaves had a bag of 28 brace; Captain Scott had 14 brace, and Rev. C. W. Leslie, 13 brace. On the Invercharron moors Captain Whittingstall and friend have had good sport. On the 15th they had a hag of 69 brace ; on the 16th, 50± brace ; on the 17th, 64 brace; on the 18th, 72 brace ; on the 19th, 58 brace; and on the 20th theyhad 2 roe deer, 2 brace grouse, 2 wood cocks, and 3 hares. From Strathbran we learn that the s a p re or p t l s e m n e ty n e a f re gr n en ow ee, i a n n a d ll n t e h t e a ir die sh e o a o e t e i d ng bir q d u t a e r tbeers. eeen T . h m ere r Morrison, who has taken a lease, has had good sport; he killed about 90 brace, besides hares, in two or three days. The forests aro also doing well, and the doer are in splendid condition. Since the opening of the season, Mr J. Fitz gerald and party, at Strath Garve, have bagged upwards of 150 brace of grouse. The Hon, Messrs Calthorpe and Mr G. Drummond shot 50 brace of grouse and 12 hares on the 18th, at Highfield. On the Fodderty moors Mr It. M. 0. Massey and party bagged 300 brace of grouse in four days. Mr Massey, jun., shot 33 brace in one day.—lnver ness Courier.. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — IiOII O Way'S Ointment and Pillv. Redemption from Disease.—The hidden cause, the unsus pccted source of many a wasting sickness and failing strength has been developed by these admirable Pills, and the application of the Ointment to the malady thus disco- Vered has rescued many valuable lives from a continued torture and premature end, Pills in all the many forms under which they afflict mankind, fistulas, strictures, infla mations, ulcerations internal, external, recent or chronic, aro thus safely and speedily brought to a state of ease and thence conducted to a lasting perfect cure. Both Ointment and Pills are innocent in composition ; both are healing, purifying end comforting; both are gentle in operation and assist each other, ever helping, never harming nature's Anowledged laws. of eight chains radius, and that the gradients are as high as 1 in 15 (those of Holborn-hill being only 1 in 18), it is surprising that the motion should be so much steadier and pleasanter than ordinary railw way travelling. The journey of GOO yards was per formed either way in about 50 seconds, with an at. mospheric pressure of only 21 ounces to the square inch ; but a higher rate of speed, if desirable, can easily be obtained consistently with safety. Indeed, one great incidental advantage of this species of loco- motion is that it excludes all risks of the collisions occasionally attendant on railway travelling, for it is plain that no two trains could ever run full tilt against each other where all the propelling force is expended in one direction at one time. The worst mishap which it is said could well happen is that, owing to some sudden failure in the machinery, the train might be abruptly brought to a dead stop in the middle of the tunnel, when the passengers would have to alight from the carriages and grope their way as best they could out of the tube. Such a predicament certainly would not be enviable, but it might be more ludicrous than dangerous. Whe ther in such a contingency there is any possibility of another train being started before they had safely made their exit, or any risk of their sharing the fate of frogs placed under en exhausted air pump, we do not venture to assert, but probably the scien tific engineer could guarantee the traveller against any such novel peril. The train used on Saturday consisted of one very long, roomy, and comfortable carriage, resembling an elongated omnibus, and capable of accommodating some 30 or 35 passengers. Patsengers enter this carriage •at zither end, and ill: , entrances are closed with sliding glass doors. Fined behind thv carriage there is a framework of the same form and nearly the same dimensions 42 the sectional area of the tunnel ; and attached to the outer edge of this frame is a fringe of bristles form ing a thick brush. As rho carriage mores along through the tunnel the brumh comes in close contact with the arched b:ielt work, so as to prevent the I escape of the air. With this elastic collar round it, the carriage forms a close fitting piston, against which the propulsive force is directed. The motive power is supplied in this way :—At the departure station a large fan-wheel, with an iron disc, con cave in surface and 22 feet in diameter, is made to revolve by the aid of a small stationary engine at such speed as may be required, the pressure of the air increasing, of course, according to the rapidity of the evolutions, and thus generating the force no. cessary to send the heavy carriage up a steeper in cline than is to be found upon any existing railway. The disc gyrates in an iron case resembling that of a huge paddlewheel ; and from its broad periphery the particles of air stream off in strong currents. When driving the air into the upper end of the tunnel to propel the down train fresh quantities rush to the surface of the disc to supply the partial vacuum thus created; and, on the otter hand, when the disc is exhausting the air in the tunnel with the view of drawing back the up.train, the air rushes out like an artificial hurricane from the escape valves of the disc case, making the adjacent trees shake like reeds and almost blowing off his feet any inotittious spectator who approaches too near it. When the down journey is to be performed the breaks are taken off the wheels, and the carriage moves by its own momentum into the mouth of the tube, passing in its course over a deep air-well in the floor, covered with an iron grating. Up this opening a gust of wind is sent by the disc, when a valve, formed by a pair of iron doors, hung like lock-gates, immediately closes firmly over the en trance of the tunnel, confining the increasing at• mospheric pressure between the valve and the rear of the carriage. The force being thus brought to bear upon the end of the train, the latter, shut up within the tube, glides smoothly along towards its destination,the revolving disc keeping up the motive power until it reaches the steep incline, whence its own momentum again suffices to carry it the rest of the distance. The return journey, as above indis cated, is effected by the aid of the exhausting pro■ cess. At a given signal a valve is opened, and the disc-wheel set to work in withdrawing the air from the tube. Near the upper end of the tube there is a large aperture, or side vault, which forms the throat through which the air is, so to speak, exhaled, the iron doors at the upper terminus still being kept shut. In a second or two the train posted at the lower terminus, yielding to the exhausting process going on in its front, and urged by the ordinary pressure of the atmosphere from behind, moves off on its upward journey, and rapidly ascending the incline approaches the iron gates, which fly open to receive it, and it emerges at once into daylight. Such is the mode in which the system works, and it seems capable of being adapted to railway commu nication within the metropolis and other large towns, or wherever tunnelled lines with steep gradients exist. The chief obstacles encountered in practically working the atmospheric railway, introduced some 15 years ago, are considered to have been effectually overcome by the present modification of the peincin pie. tinder the former system the tube was of a very small size, and fixed upon the ground ; a lougi tudinal:or continuous valve opening at the top, along which a rod, connecting the piston with the car riages, passed, and the valve closing behind the rod as it moved onwards. The amount of atmospheric pressure required to be exerted where the area of the tube was so small was euormouv, being from 711) to 10lb per square inch; whereas upon Mr Ram mell's principle the pressure is only 2oz per square inch, and, moreover, the great leakage and waste of power which rendered the old atmosphere system so costly in working are here iu great measure avoided. It need hardly be added that the worst drawbacks to travelling through tunnels—viz., the smoke and eulphureous vapours emitted from the lecometive and the close, unwholesome atmosphere of the tunnels themselves—are in this ease got rid of. Every train, iu fact, carries owe the main line by a pointsman , but . th e y ha gone far before a great crash took pl ace. they not Oa the line they were running there were two carriages standing. The down carriages came into collision with them, bat they were not at first thro wn cif the rails, and all dashed forward at a speed towards the station. The two carriages alluded to bound e d forward when struck, but the runaways speedil y overtook them and ran them on the rails, following the same course themselves imn.,.. l .lately afterwards. Here the accident assumed a most alarming cha racter—the carriages were crushing into each other, rearing up and rolling over in all directions, and the fearful momentum they had obtained caused them to spread general aest. uution. Wheels, huge pieces of iron, foot-boards, glass, carriage sides, bolts, and chains literally strewed the ground. The crash was terrible and the damage immense. Five of the carriages —a first, three second, and one third —were completely broken to pieces, Happily, no one was in the carriages, if they had been occupied every soul would have been cut up and killed on the spot. If also the pointsman had not turned the carriages upon the siding when they were coming down the embankment there would have been a dreadful catastrophe at the station. A passenger train was waiting there when the carriages broke loose, and it could not by any possibility have got off the line, neither could the passengers have got out of the carriages in which they were seated in time to have escaped the collision which must have ensued. After the accident several of the railway officials were soon on the spot, and they secured a number of men to clear the road, A huge fire was made of the broken timber of the carriages for the men to work by. It was not until this morning that the debris was got oat of the way. To-day numbers of people have visited the scene of the accident mit of curiosity. The affair created much excitement throughout the town and neighbourhood, for it has put many in mind of the dreadful accident which happened on the same branch of railway, and almost under similar circumstances, at Helmahore, a few years ago. On that occasion the carriages of an excursion train broke loose from the engine, and ran down an incline, the results of which are known to all. There can be no doubt that the check which the rear carriages would experience when left by the engine was the sole cause of the accident last night. The coupling hetwun the carriages is broken at the end of the screw, but the iron appears to be strong and sound, and nothing but a strain upon the metal which it was never intended to bear could have snapped it. Lord Wharneliffe on the New Penal Servitude Act. - - At the West Riding Intermediate Sessions, at Sheffield, held on Friday, Lord Wharncliffe pre sided, and took the opportunity of making a re• mark or two with reference to the changes that have been lately introduced by the legislature in the operation of the sentences pronounced at assizes and quarter sessions. Formerly there was a great deal of uncertainty in regard to the strictness or otherwise with which sentences of penal servitude were carried out. This was considered to be a great evil, and the legislature had passed an act during the last session, the effect of which was that when a sentence of penal servitude was passed there could be no doubt of the proportion of the time that the convict must serve. It had been wisely decided, however, still to leave room for certain remissions, as rewards, not for ordinary good conduct, but for increased industry and special good conduct, which would doubtless be accepted as denoting a desire to reform. Undor the now regulations, no sentence of penal servitude could be passed for less than five years, and the first nine months must be passed by the convict in - solitary imprisonment. The remain der of the term is capable of diminution to the ex, tent of one-fourth in case of the convict's superior conduct and industry, bat he must serve three years and four months out of the four years and three months. Again, a prisoner who had been previously convicted of felony, could not be sentenced to a less term of penal servitude than seven years. There were other provisions as to the granting revocation of tickets-of-leave, which he need not dwell upon ; but the act appeared to him to be a most salutary one, and well calculated to deter persons from crime because of the certainty of their punishment being made a reality; Another topic of considerable in terest ho would briefly refer to, namely, the change that had taken place since the last sessions by the holding of assizes at Leeds. The - grand jury were aware that there had been an antagonism between various towns, and that the Privy Council had de cided to give the assizes to Leeds; and it was not for him to say—although he opposed the change— that they had not decided wisely. The town of Sheffield had done all that was within their power to get the assizes held here; but he wished it to go before the public as widely as possible, that, in his opinion, the town could not fairly call upon Govern ment to incur any expense or to give them the ad vantage of assizes, whilst they neglected to do that which almost every other large town had done, namely, to appoint their own recorder, and have a separate quarter sessions for their borough. If Shef field wished to attain the position which Leeds had secured, she must begin by doing as Leeds did—apt point a recorder and get a court of borough sessions. Justice would be better administered by a recorder, who would be, of course, well acquainted with the law, than by a bench of lay magistrates ; and it would be found that the attendance of magistrates would be much larger when the work of the see. sione was so materially lightened. It was a fact that 30 per cent. of the cases tried at these sessions were such as would be disposed of by th e R ecor d er of Sheffield, because they arose within the limits of the borough. In disposing of the cases that came be. fore him, hie lordship carried out to the full the new instructions, and several notorious thieves were sen tenced to long terms of penal servitude. . SALMON FLUTING IN TTI F. TAT.--The salmon "14 mg by net i n t h e Tay and its tribut aries was ende d o , n Friday, a f ter the most. unsuccess ful season for the last 30 years. I n th e past week a great number of tacksruen most of the stations ga" up between the Li nn o f C ani psis and the mouth of the Earn have given up fi s hi ng a ltogether. In fact, the tackamen of fishing on Tuesday night, and there is no doubt that there has been a loss of several thousand pounds to the occupiers of fishings in the past season. With regard to the red fishing—which is now about to commence —there are aro doubts as to whether i it will end on the 30th September or the 10th October,—. Scotsman,